The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), is requesting proposals for 2021 Telecommunications-Based Research from academics in Nigerian tertiary institutions.
This is part of the NCC’ support to telecommunications based research as the country’s telecommunication industry regulator.
The Commission calls for proposals from academics in tertiary institutions that have feasible research ideas capable of replacing or enhancing foreign technologies in the telecommunications ecosystem in Nigeria.
The NCC’s vision for this is to help build capacity in the tertiary institutions and promote Nigeria’s contribution to the pool of technologies used in the communications industry.
The research areas are divided into 5;
5G Deployment
Innovative Clean
Energy Technology
Advanced Method of Quality of Service, Quality of Experience Management and Test Mechanism
Internet of Things, Low Power Wide Area Network Technology and
Monitoring and Localization of Drones.
Interested researchers are to submit a copy of an electronic copy( saved on a USB in PDF format) and two hard copies of their research proposals on or before August 18, 2021.